Auburn at Georgia Tech

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  Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 30, 1917, page 5

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  GEORGIA TECH TRIUMPHS . OVER AUBURN WITH PASSES GeorGians Completc Third Consecutive season Without Drfe6t by Wal looping Opponents IN to :. ny associated Press. AIl.ANI--. November 2a.-Csing Il b”wildcring array OF forward passes. georgia Tech triumphcd over Auburn. Day meeting here. which brought the Ge”rgians third consecutive football season to close without defeat for the Jacket combination. The Plainsmen fought desperately throughout the contest and succeeded ~ crossing the locals goal line after hf,y-four points mad been rolled up opening Of the iinal period. Auburn broke loose with number OF trick plays and coupled with two successful forward passes. worked the ball from their own fifteen-yard line to midneld. Here the visitors used their attack again. and pass from Ducote to Donaracing behind the Jackets goal post for their only touchdown of the contest. Ducoie Kicked Sca,. Aubu-n’s first OPP p0rtunity to score came In the nnal tew moments OF play IN the second period when Duco;c got away for brilliant sixty-yard run. and was stop ped on the locals tcn-yard line. The period ended before the ball was put into action again. Tech began It’s aerial assault a; tho opening OF the contest and scored its nrrt touchdown In the first four minutes OF play. Tech tried line plays repeatedly. bu;‘ the Plains’nen’3 first defense held firm IN virtually every instance. and sent the Tech team back to liz air attack when ever they neared their opponents goal Strupper one Of the Tech stars. three times made long end runs, and. with Il well-forIn”d interference. the Jacket player Skirtcd the orange and blues ends for long gains. George Guyoh. formerly sc Carlisle. played what was generally conc>ded the best individual game OF the Jacket aggregation. The speedy Indian break ing up. in decisive moments OF the contest. plays that seemed 10 indicate the PlainSucn were on heir WAY 10 a score. i.ine-up: Auburn. Position. Ga. Tech Gibson. ....... left end ..... .Fincher Martin. ..... lief: tackle johnson SiZcmorc. .... left Guard ...... Mates eaton center Phillips Warren. right guard -. Bowling t;onncr. right t8ckl. :. Carpenter styles. ......,. right end ...... Bell Robinson. quarterback .... .Hili IJonahue. left half back Strupper Ducotc. right half back ... .Guyon Remington. full back ... Gull Summary: Score h;- periods--Auburn, h. o. o. Z. total {; Tech. 20. 10. 81. Ia. Guyon -. strupper t2J, iiill t2). Gull. Shaver substituted :or GuilD. Goals from neutrality-suspicious.. Fincher go. Rcfcrce--Elcpck. Dartmouth. Umpire -Cosgrove, Cornell Head l:nesman- Councilman, Y. Il. |. Time OF periods – minutes each.

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  The Washington herald, November 30, 1917, page 14

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  AUBURN IS NO Match FOR YELLOW JACKETS Heismen’s Georgia Tech Eleven Romps Through Plainsmen to Tune of 68 to 7. Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 2s.-Georgia Techs golden tornado. before 2o.ool football fans, smothered the Auburn plainsmen today 6S to Z. closing their third consecutive season without, a defeat. The defeat was the worst that an Auburn team has suffered in the history of the school. The score sent Georgi Tech above the Navy as the leading point scorer OF America this season. Tech registered . first downs against for Auburn and gained a total of 612 yards as against 1877 for Auburn. End runs by Guyon and Strupper, line bucks by Hill and forward pass ing with Guyon doing the hurling, twelve Of which were completed sue cessfully. were the means OF piling up the large score. Guyon and Strupper’s tackling was also superb. Guyon, got away for several runs of over 20 yards, while strupper tore Off three runs through broken fields of IS, 50 and S. yards. Ducote with a 56-yard run and sew eral short gains led the Auburn at tack. The plainsmen’s lone score was the result of eo-yard forward pass by Ducote to Donahue and the latter’s 40-yard sprint through q broken field aided by wonderful in reference. after receiving the pass. This came in the fourth quarter. Auburn never had had one chance to score at any other time during the game, prior to Donahue’s run, Ducote’s 56-yard sprint at the end of the second quarter bringing him into a broken field and Guyon catching him from behind on Techs es-yard line. The quarter ended before an other play could be made.

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Auburn leads 42–⁠41–⁠3 in 86 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.